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With just two games to go, the battle for promotion to Portugal’s top flight is heating up. Interestingly, all of the top three teams in Liga Portugal 2 (Rio Ave, Chaves and Casa Pia) are guaranteed to finish in the top three. However, only the top two teams gain automatic promotion to Portugal’s top flight, the team who finishes in third place will have to play … Continue reading The Hunt For Automatic Promotion
Welcome to our new feature called Club in Focus. Every Friday, we will be looking at a Portuguese club and giving some information, interesting facts and a brief overview of their history! Portugal is full of clubs with intriguing histories and at Próxima Jornada, we want to publicise these stories! To kick off the series, we are looking at SC Vianense! SC Vianense are a … Continue reading Club in Focus: SC Vianense
The January awards have been announced by Liga Portugal. As usual, there are seven awards, Player of the Month, Manager of the Month, Goal of the Month and then the four positional awards, goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and attacker of the month. January was a very good month for FC Porto, but they couldn’t quite make it a clean sweep! Check out the winners below: Player of the Month – Vitinha (FC … Continue reading January Awards Roundup – Liga BWIN
With Wolverhampton Wanderers edging ever closer to getting a deal over the line for Estoril Praia winger Chiquinho, Aaron Barton and Filipe Melo have all you need to know about the talented 21-year-old. Chiquinho is a player who has certainly developed a taste for winning early in his career. Last season, he split his playing time between Estoril’s first team (16 appearances) and Estoril’s U23 … Continue reading A Brief Overview of Wolves Target Chiquinho
After a botched first attempt, the last 16 draw for the UEFA Champions League is here! As usual, there is plenty of Portuguese participation across Europe’s elite football tournament, with all but two ties featuring Portuguese players and/or coaches. Aaron Barton for Próxima Jornada gives you all you need to know. A reminder that the last 16 will commence after the January transfer window, so … Continue reading Portuguese Involvement in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16: All You Need to Know
On Sunday afternoon and with less than eight minutes on the clock, Chapi Romano played a pass into the path of striker Paulinho. At this point, you could have looked the complete other way and still knew with complete certainty what was about to happen. The 22-year-old stroked the ball home first time into the bottom corner, finishing with a degree of confidence that a … Continue reading Meet Paulinho – Portugal’s Most In-form Striker
It is matchday three in the UEFA Champions League and FC Porto welcome Italian giants and seven-time Champions League winners AC Milan to the Estádio do Dragão. Milan have narrowly lost both of their games in the competition so far but are unbeaten in Serie A and only Napoli have conceded less goals. To get the lowdown on the Rossoneri and what Porto can expect, Próxima Jornada caught … Continue reading A View From The Opposition | AC Milan
After losing their first two UEFA Champions League games, Sporting travel to Turkey to take on Beşiktaş hoping to get points on the board. Próxima Jornada spoke to Sinan Schwarting of the Black Eagles Podcast to get the lowdown on what Rúben Amorim’s men can expect. For a side that perennially competes for titles in Turkey, Beşiktaş went into last season with very low expectations. … Continue reading A View from the Opposition | Beşiktaş v Sporting
It is matchday two in the UEFA Europa League and Braga are on the hunt for their first win following a 2-1 defeat away in Belgrade. Their opponents tonight are Danish side FC Midtjylland. We reached out to the Danish football specialists at Vilfortpark.dk to get the lowdown on what Carlos Carvalhal and his men can expect tonight. FC Midtjylland delivered a disappointing performance in … Continue reading A View from the Opposition | SC Braga v FC Midtjylland
It is matchday two in the UEFA Champions League and FC Porto welcome familiar foe Liverpool FC to the Estádio do Dragão. Próxima Jornada caught up with Ste Carson, Liverpool supporter and writer for Empire of the Kop, in order to get some insight into this Liverpool side and what Porto can expect from Jürgen Klopp’s men. Liverpool have started the season perhaps a little … Continue reading A View from the Opposition | FC Porto v Liverpool
It is Matchday Two in the UEFA Champions League and SL Benfica welcome FC Barcelona and former Benfica manager Ronald Koeman, to the Estádio da Luz. For this edition of A View from the Opposition, Próxima Jornada spoke to Omar Hawwash, the talented presenter, host of The Driven Shot podcast and creator of Blaugranagram. Omar, who frequently collaborates with FC Barcelona on their official platforms, … Continue reading A View from the Opposition | SL Benfica v FC Barcelona
It is Matchday Two in the UEFA Champions League and defending Primeira Liga champions Sporting travel to Signal Iduna Park to face German heavyweights Borussia Dortmund. For this edition of A View From the Opposition, Próxima Jornada caught up with commentator, presenter and all-round Bundesliga expert Derek Rae. Best known for his work as the lead voice on Bundesliga for ESPN, his commentary on EA Sports’ FIFA series and the DFL World Feed, Derek provides … Continue reading A View from the Opposition | Borussia Dortmund vs Sporting CP
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